Archive for September 8th, 2014
Joe Briggs…October 19, 1942 – September 4, 2014
1942-2014 Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel Joe Nathan Briggs passed away on September 4, 2014 at his home in Holly, Colorado at the age of 71. He was born on October 19, 1942 in Carlsbad, New Mexico to Compton and Mildred (Spruiell) Briggs. Joe married Jill Cannon on December 28, 1963 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. To […]
New Police Department for Holly??
Trustees Discuss Options What would be the cost to the community to establish a town police department for Holly? For the past several years, the Prowers County Sheriff’s Office has been under contract to the Town of Holly for routine patrols for a forty hour week. “I don’t think we’re getting the coverage we need,” […]
Prowers County Sheriff’s Office July 2014 Report
There were 301 calls for service this past July to the Prowers County Sheriff’s Office with 159 from Lamar, 101 from the County, 26 from Holly and seven from Wiley and six from Granada. Lamar had 27 warrant arrests served and 48 of the calls in July were jail related. Thirty-seven were for restraining orders […]
Alvin Siefkas Grand Marshall of the 9/11 Tribute Parade
Alvin Siefkas was born January 21, 1917, close to LaSalle, Iowa. His family moved to Haswell, Colorado, arriving August 1, 1920 when Alvin was three years old. He started school at the age of four and graduated from the Haswell School in 1934 in the middle of the depression and the dust bowl. He […]
